Bill Text: IA HF611 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to teacher compensation for temporary additional teaching assignments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-18 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 485. [HF611 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HF611-Introduced.html
House File 611 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 611 BY GOBBLE A BILL FOR An Act relating to teacher compensation for temporary 1 additional teaching assignments. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2601YH (2) 89 kh/jh
H.F. 611 Section 1. Section 279.13, Code 2021, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 6. If a school district temporarily 3 increases a teacher’s classroom teaching assignments by 4 requiring the teacher to use planning time or an open period 5 of time to cover another classroom due to a sudden, unexpected 6 need or when a substitute teacher is unavailable, the school 7 district shall pay the teacher, in addition to the teacher’s 8 regular wages or combined salary in accordance with section 9 284.3A, an amount equal to the time of temporary additional 10 classroom coverage multiplied by the equivalent to the highest 11 average hourly rate of compensation the school district pays to 12 a licensed substitute teacher. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 This bill provides that when a school district temporarily 17 increases a teacher’s teaching assignments by requiring the 18 teacher to cover another classroom due to a sudden, unexpected 19 need or when a substitute teacher is unavailable, the school 20 district shall pay the teacher, in addition to the teacher’s 21 regular wages or combined salary, an amount equal to the time 22 of temporary additional classroom coverage multiplied by the 23 equivalent to the highest average hourly rate of compensation 24 the school district pays to a licensed substitute teacher. 25 -1- LSB 2601YH (2) 89 kh/jh 1/ 1
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